The Gigabyte will be offering two series of notebooks in Japan the series have been named W251U and W551N. The W251U series will be a core 2 Duo laptop with Intel graphics card and a 14-inch WXGA display. This notebook has an 80 GB SATA hard disk and a 512MB RAM which can be boosted up to 2GB. The notebook is Bluetooth compatible and has 3945A/B/G Wi-Fi. The W251U comes with 1.3 Megapixel webcam and weighs only 1.9 kg. The other series W551N has a 15.1-inch display and in additions to all the above features of W251U it has a DL DVD burner and a GeForce 7400. The weight of this notebook is 2.8 kg. These will be available from next week on GeekStuff4U.
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The Korean companies named Kohjinsha have presented two new laptops in the market. The series will be called SA series and the two models have been named SA1F00A and SA1F00B. The laptops have 7 -inch wide screen and support AMD Geode LX800 and CS 5536. Both the laptops have 512 MB RAM which is extendable to 1 GB and have resolution of 800 x 480. They can also be connected to external monitor and the resolution will enhance to 1600 x 1200. The model SA1F00A will have a 40 GB hard disk and the SA1F00B will have an 80 GB hard disk. The laptops also have a USB -enabled T-DMB receiver, HSDPA model, navigation software, car use cradle and DC adapter. The SA1F00A has been priced at $754 and the price of SA1F00B is $ 930.
This product can be heaven sent for all the gaming geeks. WidowPC’s have launched a new laptop Sting 517D Gaming Laptop. The configuration is such that gaming geeks will be dieing to get one. The laptop has latest Intel Core 2 Duo Merom CPU and a NIVIDIA(R) GeForce (R) Go 7950GTX video card. The laptop flaunts a 512MB DDR3 memory and a 17-inch wide screen. The LCD gives 1920 x 1200 WUXGA SuperBrite resolution. Too good! can’t find the right words to describe this laptop. Its not finished yet guys the laptop will have DVD-RAM technology and will also have 4 GB (yes its GB) DDR2 RAM. As for the hard disk it has 200GB SATA hard drive. It also has features like Bluetooth, TV tuner, memory card slots and multimedia connections with high speed wireless connections. To be frank I am out of breath writing all these features. The price of this customizable product starts from $2,195 with $400 worth of software thrown in free. The price is about $100 less than Dells XPS products and the company will also give life time technical support for free. The info is just too much to handle! Is there something more that I am missing checkout the full details yourself.
Rock, a UK manufacturer of laptops has presented a new series which they are marketing as a mobile entertainment center. The new series is called the Pegasus series and is much more portable then the earlier offerings of the company. There are three series of Intel’s T5600/T7200/T7400 core Duo processors from which you can choose. The series will have maximum of 2GB DDR2 RAM and 160GB SATA drive, also thrown in will be an 8X dual-layer DVD burner. The laptops have a 13.3-inch of WXGA display with 1280 x 768 pixels. It will also have built in 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi with a 4-in-1 card reader. Also comes in the package is USB DVB-T TV tuner with FireWire, gigabit Ethernet and three USB connector. The products come with a three year warranty and will have starting range of £722.55 or $1,404 US dollars.
Toshiba has come up with new updates of two of its models ‘SS S30 and SSM36′. The new configurations sees the S30 with a 30GB 4200 rpm HDD and a core Solo U1300 processor but what will interest you most will be the 13.5 hours of battery support. These long haul batteries are a boon for it almost increases the life span of laptop to the working hours of an individual. You can boost the hard disk capacity to 40 GB at 5400 rpm but will loose 2 hours on the battery front. It has a 12.1 WXGA display with 512MB RAM and three USB interface. It also has Wi-Fi, Ethernet, SD card/PC card slots and a biometric fingerprint scanner. It weighs 1.4 kg. The second to get the update is SM36, it now supports a Core 2 Duo T5500 with a 40 GB HDD and batteries support it for 3.5 to 4 hours. It has a combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. Rest all configurations are almost same as that S30. The SSM 36 measures 299x225x34mm and weighs 1.9kg. Both models are slated for a December release and S30 will cost you 267,750 Yen or $2,300 while the M36 will lighter your pockets by 197,400 Yen or $1,700. Itechnews
In a significant deal with the SK telecom, the Korean electronic giant Samsung has launched its HSDPA with T-login connectivity. The T-login service is currently available in 84 Korean cities and is a 3G and 4G connectivity service. The Q40-HSDPA is a notebook PC with a 12.1-inch WXGA screen and a Intel U1400 Core Solo processor. It will have 60 GB of HDD with 1GB RAM and incorporates a T-DMB. The notebook weighs 1.18 Kg. While the UMPC Q1B-HSDPA will have a 7-inch WVGA LCD screen with a 40 GB HDD and a 512MB RAM. The weight of this UMPC is just 759g. The notebook will be priced at $2,472 while the UMPC will cost you $ 1,185.
ASUS says Merry Christmas with there S6F which has donned pink leather casing for this holiday season. This limited edition model(only 50 will be produced) is an ultra-portable laptop and has pretty decent specs like a 11.1-inch WXGA widescreen with 1366 x 768 resolution and in it s heart lies Intel’s 1.66GHz Core Duo. The DDR2 RAM can be boosted up to 2 GB and for the graphics it relies on Intel 950 graphics card. The 120GB HDD gives ample space for the storage and has Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet and 4-in-1 card reader integrated. The laptop weighs only 3 pounds but the most crucial part that is battery supports it only for 2 hours. It has two options in leather casing (brown and Pink) and both are priced almost identical at $2500.
The Koubou Japan has presented there BTO cheap Lesance laptop. The laptop is powered by Intel 2GHz T7200 Core 2 Duo processor. The RAM of this laptop is 512MB and has a GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics card. The screen is 17-inch and gives 1920 x 1200 resolution. The company also throws in a 1.3 megapixel webcam and it has 100 GB of SATA HDD with optional 120GB. The most annoying feature is that the laptops battery support is only for 1 hour and 40 minutes. The pricing starts from 2,140 euros.
Don’t dismiss it as any another UMPC as the leaked pictures and specs of Medion MD RIM 1000 UMPC suggest that this forthcoming device packs a punch. For the starters it has VIA 1GHz ultra-low voltage processor coupled with 512MB RAM and a slider keyboard. The UMPC will come with the options of 20, 30 and 40 GB HDD with a 6.5-inch screen which will be powered by Unichrome Pro graphics. It will have built in webcam and digital TV tuner and as far as connectivity is concerned this UMPC also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and to put icing on the cake it is said that this little devil will be able to run Vista. It will weigh around 1.5 lbs and its battery will support your endeavors for 4 to 5 hours but no info has been provided on the price and availability front.
